Originally Posted by
BigGuns
Put the drop in and a pick up for the other trip u want. Also put the drop on the swap board, I have had luck with junior guys picking up c/i trips to get credit that helps them build up to stay off rsv for the next month. Sometimes it works. Just watch the drop u want, if it gets picked up pull out ur drops so u don't get the drop w/o anything to pickup.
Like BigGuns said, the only way to unload your Dec. 29 cary out trip is to put it on the swap board as a "pick up" and hope someone takes it, then white slip something in open time. Or you can put it in as a "Drop" and it will show up in open time, with a Q next to it, and you hope someone picks it up there, then you can white slip something fully in Dec.
Here's the next Gotcha you need to be thinking about; Jan. bids close on Dec. 12, if you still have that cary out trip on your line as of Jan. 12, PBS is going to figure that time in Jan. into your line constrction, and if susequently you do drop it,(ie. someone picks it up off the swap board, etc.) you'll be "short" that amount for Jan. because PBS added the time into your Jan. line when it awarded your Jan. trips.
So, if you have not unloaded the cary out trip prior to Dec. 12, be aware that cary out trip time will be on your Jan. line and if you then drop it after Jan. bid awards, you'll be short that amount come Jan. You might want to pull your drop request out before Dec. 12, while the bids are being run, then see what you've got to work with after Jan. bid awards.